diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
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--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -327,3 +327,4 @@ Thanks for everyone who reported a bug, suggested a feature and contributed to t
 - **10/05/21 (v0.5.1)** - Fingerprints and Certificates in the examples were updated by [@Khoi Hoang
 ](https://github.com/khoih-prog). Thank you Khoi!
 - **29/07/21 (v0.5.2)** - Merged PR by [ONLYstcm](https://github.com/ONLYstcm) which added a (configurable) timeout for connections. Thank you ONLYstcm.
+- **06/08/21 (v0.5.3)** - Merged PR by [ln-12](https://github.com/ln-12) which added a `connectSecure` method to support WSS connection with the classic interface (host, port, path). Thank you!
diff --git a/library.properties b/library.properties
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@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 name=ArduinoWebsockets
-version=0.5.2
+version=0.5.3
 author=Gil Maimon <mail.gilmaimon@gmail.com>
 maintainer=Gil Maimon <mail.gilmaimon@gmail.com>
 sentence=A library for writing modern Websockets applications with Arduino.